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Thank's JK for your characters except Eska who is mine but her name is borrowed from Robin Jarvis's the Whitby Witches (great book - read it!).

It was Dobby. “Don’t scream miss! Someone will hear!”

“You scared the life out of me Dobby!”

"I've seen the Wizards arriving miss! Dobby is scared, it is said they have a prisoner."

"Who is it, any ideas?"

"No miss."

"Try and find out ok? Now please go before Draco comes running again."

"Yes miss" he said and scurried off. I lay back down, my heart pounding. I jumped up again as I heard the door click.

It was Draco, "you ok? I heard voices. I didn't mean to disturb you."

"I talk in my sleep, you got a radio in here or something?"

He grinned, "no but I'm next door and you more sleep-shout than sleep-talk. Want me to stay?"

I did, kind of. "Sure, I'm awake now. I still find this place a bit creepy, it's hard to settle."

"I'll stay and keep you company." He slid into bed next to me and flicked the light out. "If you have any more nightmares I'll wake you up." He reached one hand out to me and I took it. He fell asleep quite quickly and I dropped off soon after. I woke up in the morning to find him still there and asleep, he was kind of cute sleeping, he looked more innocent. I was suddenly uncomfortably aware that I was just wearing a night dress so as quietly as I could I slipped out of bed, collected some clothes from the cupboard and went to the bathroom to dress. I was just putting on some lip gloss when he woke.

"Good morning, you're up early." He stretched.

"Well, I'm not much for lying in bed."

"I am," he grinned, "come here." I went and sat on the bed next to him. He reached over to the chest of drawers and picked up the necklace he'd given me, he fastened it on to my neck. I didn’t have the heart to tell him it clashed with my orange tank top. "Thanks." I smiled at him. "You look pretty in it." He said. "I don’t otherwise?" I said in mock horror and made to hit him with a pillow. "You know you do." He said, grabbing my wrists and pulling me to him. He kissed me on the lips, pulling me down to him so we were lying side by side. Then he pulled his face away giving me a lazy grin. "So do you like me now?" "Maybe, like you better without morning breath though." He laughed and kissed me again. Then got up. "I get the hint!" he said and went to the bathroom.

While he was gone I straightened the bed and opened the door to the house elf bringing breakfast. It was Dobby. "Miss!" he hissed, "the prisoner is Harry Potter miss!"

I stared at him in horror, the bathroom door opened and Dobby gave a frightened squeak and ran off. "Great I'm hungry." He sat down and piled his plate with food. He looked up and noticed me staring at him. "Is it true that Harry's a prisoner here?" I said quietly.

He got up and came over to me. "Yeah it is. I didn't want to tell you in case you were upset."

"In case?!" I squeaked, pushing him off, fighting down the sobs. "Is it because of me, was he trying to get to me?"

Silently Draco nodded.

"Oh no." I sat down heavily. "Can I see him? Please?"

"No, Potter's not to have visitors. Besides, Father strictly ordered that you can't leave this room," he said in an offhand manner, smirking at me. Even as upset as I was I couldn't help but get angry at his odd changes of moods. Maybe he's only going to be nice to me when I'm playing along and letting him kiss me, I thought bitterly.

"What are they going to do with him?"

"I don’t know, I'll try and get Father to let you at least go say hello to him if you kiss me," he grinned lazily. Ah, so my theory was right.

"Fine," I was crying now, I leant over and kissed him on the lips, hard, "now you have to let me see him." He looked startled but came and hugged me. "Come on, you need to eat something." I sat down and picked at some toast while he ate his breakfast. "I'll be back soon ok?" He kissed me on the top of my head and left. I strode over to the fireplace, the first thing I had to do was see if Harry had messaged me.

He had, it was so sad. It simply read, "I'm coming to get you out, try and get to the borders, I know where you are now." I should have checked earlier, I'm such an idiot. I read it one last time then burnt the parchment, it wouldn't help Harry if I got implicated. What could I do? Then I had a brain wave. If I could get hold of a wand I could make him a port key and slip it to him if Draco managed to get me in to see him, I knew the charm, I could do it so easily. I picked up the little stone fox and slipped it in my pocket. If I could distract Draco for a bit… It'd get me into so much trouble when they found out but it could save Harry's life!

He came back in time for lunch. I smiled and chatted and kept passing him more drinks… Even managing to smile at all his remarks about the deatheaters celebrating Harry's imminent death, unfeeling jerk that he was to say them. "Father says its ok for you to go see Harry, wish him goodbye, the Dark Lord's going to execute him tonight." My heart skipped a beat. "I'll just go to the loo first." He got up to go to the bathroom but I went over to him first, "Draco, thanks" I reached up and kissed him, he pulled me closer and I reached round and pulled the wand from his pocket. "Get a jacket, the cellar's cold." He walked off.

"Portus!" I whispered jabbing the fox with Draco's wand, it flashed red. I slipped it back in my pocket and ran to the cupboard grabbing a denim jacket. Draco came out of the bathroom. "I think you dropped this," I said, holding out the wand, "maybe I was too rough." He grinned and took it back without comment, to my relief. "Come on," he led me out of the door.

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The cellars were freezing. Snape was standing guard at Harry's door when we got there. "Say goodbye to your little friend Eska," he sneered. Draco pushed me past him into the room and they shut the door. My eyes adjusted to the gloom and I saw Harry chained to the wall, slumped on the floor and covered in cuts and bruises. "Oh Harry, what did they do?"

"It's ok" he said softly, "I'm sorry I got caught, I'm sorry I can't help you…" he babbled.

"Ssh, I can help you. Take this. It's timed, in 15 minutes you'll be transported to the Order's base." I pushed the fox at him and he hid it in his robes, against his skin so when the time came he'd just vanish.

"Eska, thank you so so much. You'll get into so much trouble."

"Not if they don't know its me." I said grimly. "I'd better go so I'm outside the room. Good luck."

"Wait, Eska. Voldemort's last Horcrux is here, it's a painting of a girl, a painting of only her head, she's in a blue dress with a red hair band, blond hair, she's looks like she's watching you. Can you find it and destroy it?"

"Sure" I breathed. Then the door clicked open and Snape pulled me out. "One hour left of life Potter. Enjoy it."

I did a good job of looking upset as Draco escorted me back upstairs. He put his arms round me and hugged me. I hid my face in his shoulder. "It'll be ok, Esk."

Suddenly a loud shriek rang up the stairs. Draco frowned and ran out. He came back ten minutes later. "Harry's escaped! They're searching the grounds for him, Voldemort blasted the wall in his anger and there was a tunnel behind the cell!" I put on my 'shocked' face. It was perfect, they'd never even guess anything. He came over to me. "I've been told to watch you to make sure Harry doesn't come for you." He shoved me into a chair, and dropped down next to me.

"He's probably miles away now."

"Yeah, maybe." Draco wandered over to the window, I followed him and looked out, I could see little lights everywhere as people searched for Harry. I looked along the house, it was huge, I couldn't see to the end from this window. How was I going to find the painting? Especially if I was confined to the room… Maybe it was time to be a good girl and be nice so they'd trust me and let me wander the house. I put my hand in Draco's. "I'm hungry, can we eat soon." He pulled me into him. "Soon but even the house elves are out searching. Everyone except me… Still, think I'm better off here," he smirked and leant in and kissed me again, a little roughly perhaps, but I liked it.

Suddenly out in the garden there were shouts and a bright green flash.

We stared out, and soon heard footsteps on the stairs, it was Lucius, "Draco, come help, we saw someone running and killed them but their body fell down the gorge, come help look." Draco ran out after his father without a word to me.

I turned back to the window, desperately hoping that my spell hadn't gone wrong and that wasn't Harry out there…

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Cliffhanger! Woohoo!